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Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine (advertised as a "decision engine") from Microsoft. Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009.

Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions as queries are entered and a list of related searches (called "Explore pane") based on semantic technology from Powerset that Microsoft purchased in 2008.

On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search. All Yahoo! Search global customers and partners are expected to have made the transition by early 2012.

In October 2011, Bing announced it was working on new back-end search infrastructure, with the goal of delivering faster and slightly more relevant search results for users. Known as "Tiger," the new index-serving technology has been...

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If you like the Flyover feature in Apple Maps that lets you see a cityscape in 3D or Google Maps' similar graphics, that same functionality is coming to the Bing Maps app in Windows 8.1. The Maps app in Windows 8, powered by Bing, will get 3D imagery...

It was one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments. In Monday's WWDC keynote, Apple executive Eddy Cue was running through the new iOS 7 version of Siri, when he happened to mention Siri's default search function would be powered by Bing, not Google. ...

Microsoft's Bing search engine just got even more inventive, creating a strange new world where no web geek has gone before. To take a unique trip, simply type "beam me up" in the Bing search engine, and see what happens. Once you've been beamed up, ...

Interacting with your friends on Facebook just got a lot easier -- If you’re a Bing user, that is. Starting Friday, Bing will show comments from Facebook relevant to your search in the sidebar. From that search, you can Like a friend’s post, comment,...

According to Klout, I’m pretty influential about technology. I’m also a big influencer when it comes to Facebook, social media and, my personal favorite, beer. Besides bragging rights and the occasional perk, being an influencer on a topic on Klout h...

Now your Instagram photos will play a role in your Klout score. Klout has allowed users to connect their Instagram account to Klout for some time, however, those photos did not play a role in a person’s overall score. Now those photos will influence ...

Whoever says Google search is better than Bing has never tried tracking down a secret American drone base in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia. Microsoft's Bing Maps shows what may very well be the United States' until-recently secret drone base in Sa...

For iPhone users, Google Maps is back. The revamped app, launched last week, is being downloaded in the tens of millions. As a result, iOS6 activations are on the rise. And Apple finally has the breathing room it needs to overhaul its much maligned M...

Bing rolled out a new design for its social sidebar feature Tuesday, an update it hopes will make finding friends relevant to your search easier to do based on what those people have shared on the web. “At Bing, we realize that sometimes the most use...

Ready to daydream about leaving your desk job? Bing has revealed its 10 most fan-favorited homepage image picks of the year, and believe us, they are beauties. If you've ever visited Bing.com, you know it carefully handpicks stunning images to grace ...

Google is under pressure to make a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to settle an antitrust investigation within the next few days or face a formal complaint, according to a report. Citing "two people familiar with the situation," Bloomberg repo...

Bing is getting into the Halloween spirit, by creeping users out with its haunted homepage. The site turned its search homepage into an animated haunted house, filled with ghosts and relevant search terms. Small boxes are scattered around the page, l...

Less than two weeks until Election Day, Microsoft Bing has introduced Bing Elections, designed as a one-stop-shop for everything a voter needs before he or she casts a ballot. Bing Elections includes the latest campaign news, poll results and Electio...

Microsoft and Klout have announced a new partnership between the two companies, which will see Klout's data get incorporated into the Bing search engine. At the same time, Klout scores will begin to take into account Bing search results and queries. ...

Around the world, search engines become a factor of daily routines, providing information and content to fuel lifestyles. Though online search is habitual in most countries, the way we search is as diverse as the people and cultures spanning the glob...

Microsoft told Mashable that its Bing search engine will be the default on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD's web browser. Amazon also confirmed it. The deal between the two companies came together recently. Adam Sohn, general manager of communications and ...

Microsoft is trying a new marketing gambit to get consumers to use its Bing search engine: A blind taste test. The campaign, called Bing It On, asks users to compare any five search results for Bing and Google side-by-side without knowing which is wh...

Bing's social search integration with Facebook just got deeper. You can now search your Facebook photos and those of your Facebook friends after authorizing the Bing app. When you use the Microsoft search engine to search photos, you'll see the resul...

Web searches aren't what they used to be. Now, you can get relevant search results pooled not only from images, videos, news articles and blogs, but also Facebook friends, connections on Twitter and even Gmail. "Just as search engines try to improve ...

Bing is continuing to build out its "social search" functionality with the integration of Quora, a question-and-answer forum particularly popular among tech industry professionals. Bing first began using Facebook data in its searches in October 2010,...

As part of a move to bring its Internet content to life for web searchers, Bing's homepage on Wednesday features a stunning time-lapse video of Arizona's desert. Bing's homepage typically features a different photograph as its backdrop each day, but ...

Peter Parker -- also known as "The Amazing Spider-Man" -- is many things: a science-loving nerd, social outcast and secret superhero. But is he a Bing user as well? A scene in the new movie that shows Parker doing a Bing search is already being calle...

The landscape of search is changing. Both Google and Microsoft have dramatically overhauled the way each handles search over the past few months, employing different approaches to help information seekers find what they’re looking for. One engine is ...

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The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place. Name: Benelab Big Idea: Benelab, founded by Seattle teenager Jack Kim, is a search engin...

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